Lunar Sample Atlas: Apollo Thin Sections

Lunar Sample 15555

Mission	Apollo 15
Lithology	basalt
Location	collected about 12 meters north of the rim of Hadley Rille, with no fresh craters in its immediate vicinity, and from an area with fewer rocks exposed than at the Rille edge.
Description	("Great Scott") is both the largest and the most intensively studied of the Apollo 15 rocks. It is a medium-grained olivine basalt, with a few percent small vugs. It is probably very close to a liquid composition, i.e., it contains few, if any, accumulated crystals. It crystallized ~3.3 b.y. ago. Unlike other nearby rocks, 15555 was not dust-coated. It is generally tough, but many exterior chips fell off during earth transit and many of these pieces are friable. It is sub-rounded and blocky, with many zap pits.

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Thin Sections

15555,0 S71-51780	15555,0 S71-51781	15555,0 S71-51795	15555,0 S71-51796
15555,0 S71-51797	15555,0 S71-51798	15555,0 S71-52201	15555,0 S71-52213
15555,0 S74-23072	15555,11 S72-15851	15555,14 S71-48919	15555,14 S71-48920
15555,30 S71-48913	15555,31 S71-48965	15555,32 S71-49491	15555,32 S71-49492
15555,35 S71-48886	15555,36 S71-48885	15555,38 S71-48945	15555,39 ryderSC032
15555,39 ryderSC033	15555,39 ryderSC034	15555,40 S71-48883	15555,41 S71-48898
15555,42 S71-48884	15555,89 S71-61103	15555,89 S71-61104	15555,93 S72-15839
15555,99 S71-61105	15555,99 S71-61106	15555,100 S71-61107	15555,100 S71-61108
15555,111 S72-15862	15555,113 S72-15821	15555,113 S72-15866	15555,114 S72-15830
15555,114 S72-15864	15555,114 S72-18159	15555,170 S72-17158	15555,171 S72-17119
15555,172 S72-17171	15555,172 S72-17192	15555,173 S72-15826	15555,174 S72-15834
15555,175 S72-15824	15555,206 S72-15882	15555,207 ryderSC035	15555,207 ryderSC036
15555,207 ryderSC037	15555,207 ryderSC038	15555,207 ryderSC039	15555,207 ryderSC040
15555,207 ryderSC041	15555,207 ryderSC042	15555,207 ryderSC043	15555,207 S72-16477
15555,208 S72-15823	15555,209 ryderSC044	15555,209 ryderSC045	15555,209 ryderSC046
15555,209 ryderSC047	15555,209 ryderSC048	15555,209 ryderSC049	15555,209 ryderSC050
15555,209 ryderSC051	15555,209 S72-15878	15555,210 S72-16507	15555,211 S72-16508
15555,243 S72-16510	15555,245 S72-17161	15555,246 ryderSC052	15555,246 ryderSC053
15555,246 S72-18227	15555,247 S72-17151	15555,248 S72-17174	15555,250 ryderSC054
15555,250 ryderSC055	15555,250 ryderSC056	15555,250 ryderSC057	15555,250 ryderSC058
15555,250 ryderSC059	15555,250 ryderSC060	15555,250 ryderSC061	15555,250 ryderSC062
15555,250 S72-17190	15555,251 S72-18208	15555,252 S72-18186	15555,253 ryderSC063
15555,253 ryderSC064	15555,253 ryderSC065	15555,253 ryderSC066	15555,253 ryderSC067
15555,253 ryderSC068	15555,253 ryderSC069	15555,253 ryderSC070	15555,253 ryderSC071
15555,253 ryderSC072	15555,253 ryderSC073	15555,253 ryderSC074	15555,253 ryderSC075
15555,253 ryderSC076	15555,253 ryderSC077	15555,253 ryderSC078	15555,253 ryderSC079
15555,253 ryderSC080	15555,253 ryderSC081	15555,253 S72-18226	15555,254 S72-18193
15555,255 S72-20755	15555,257 S72-20759	15555,258 S72-20706	15555,265 S72-20739

In Situ

AS15-82-11164

Cutting and Miscellaneous Lab Views

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Cutting and Chipping Diagrams

Rock Model Photograph of Apollo 15 Sample(s) 15555

Stereo Views

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